Blogorama: Links & Highlights of the Week
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COMMENT OF THE WEEK:
“Tupac got shot after sunset and not a witness in site.” – phoneguy in Got Busted in Vegas on a Drug Charge
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TU BLOG HIGHLIGHTS
Nidus: Local Rock Band (CRUMBS blog)
Why Am I a Librarian? (Roger Green)
Jeter: Gamer or Cheater? Gamer. (Mark McGuire)
When Pancakes and Prayer Collide (Rev. Alan Rudnick)
The World is All Wet: On Sweating Through Shirts in the Fall (Daniel Nester)
[title of show]: Art Imitates Life Imitating Art at RPI Playhouse (Troy blog)
Lincoln Park’s Vanishing Playground (Albany blog)
ARES Promotion’s Debut is a Knockout (Boxing in the Capital Region) And Troy’s own Shawn Miller got a knockout win. TROY WHAT
Meatless Mondays and Weekday Vegetarians (Animal Rights)
10th Grade, Sleeping Like a Rock, Anniversary, Creepy Guy, and More (Farm Life) Everyone wish Teri and her husband a happy anniversary.
ARA: I’m Being Pressured to Marry Someone I Don’t Love. What Do I Do? (Lori Cullen)
September 11th Rememberances from: Daniel Nester / Michael Rivest / Chuck Miller
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ELSEWHERE ON THE INTERNET
Locally
Mark Your Calendars (Keyboard Krumbs)
Festival Fever: Local Harvest Fest (Nippertown)
Saint of 9/11 (Hulu) Documentary of former Siena friar Fr. Mychal Judge, who died in the 9/11 attacks.
Movies & Television
It’s official: Casey Affleck’s documentary about Joaquin Phoenix is a Fake. You may now continue ignoring its existence.
Other
Promoting Political Involvement Through Cheese (Scratchbomb)
Tom Scharpling & Patton Oswalt Do Commentary on the 1986 Mets Song “Gets Metsmerized”
Happy 25th Birthday, Super Mario Bros! (Gizmodo)
The Negotiator (Wondermark)
Pics of Space from the Chandra X-Ray Observatory…
…and Twitpics from Space
The First Song from Spider-Man: The Musical (Cinematical)
Not So Simple (Jeff Pearlman)
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ART
Insightful, thoughtful, inspirational, and/or straight up pretty s*** from great artists, most of whom I just learned existed in the past week.
Banksy’s Back with 3 New Pieces
Nikolay Yeliseyev (painter)
Ashley Wood (painter)
Luis Toledo (illustrator)
Vladislav Erko’s Playing Cards
Ian Francis (illustrator)
Matthew Curry (illustrator)
Thomas Noesner (photographer) – The Beat of New York
The Dead Weather’s excellent concert posters
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MIXED MARSHALL ARTS
Selections from my MMA blog
Play to the Whistle On Wednesday night, Rousimar Palhares learned an important lesson that holds true for every sport.
When Talk is More Than Just Talk You might think trash talk is there to psych a fighter out. But maybe the real advantage is that it makes the one doing the talking more confident?
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MMA
Strikeforce Signs Paul Daley (MMAJunkie)
WEC 51 Card (MMAJunkie) It’s live on Versus on September 30th; free MMA at its best (if you have cable)
Josh Barnett Eyes Strikeforce Debut in 2010 Against “Whoever’s Willing to Do It” (MMAFighting.com)
Dwarf Looks to Make it as a Pro MMA Fighter (CageWriter)
Marquardt Wins As Palhares Complains of Greasing (CageWriter)
UFC 123 Official: Quinton “Rampage” Jackson vs. Lyoto Machida; Matt Huges vs. BJ Penn III (MMAJunkie.com)
Chael Sonnen’s Back… (MMAFighting.com) …well, his mouth is at least.
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I have my nominations for the 2011 Pro Football HOF right here.
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